“Gypsy” is one of Fleetwood Mac’s most famous songs, but not everyone knows the meaning behind the “velvet underground” in the Stevie Nicks-penned track. Here’s how Nicks explained the lyrics and what the velvet underground really means.
Stevie Nicks | Jason Merritt/Getty Images Stevie Nicks sang about the ‘velvet underground’ in the Fleetwood Mac song ‘Gypsy’
“Gypsy” is one of Fleetwood Mac’s most popular songs, but it wasn’t intended for the band. Stevie Nicks wrote the track for her 1981 debut solo album, Bella Donna. She didn’t have room for it on the record, so the singer decided to include it on Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 Mirage album (per SongFacts).
Drummer and founding member Mick Fleetwood has said “Gypsy” is one of his favorite Fleetwood Mac songs. “It really crystallizes that whole period of the early 1980s, when we were in our mid-30s and beginning...
Stevie Nicks | Jason Merritt/Getty Images Stevie Nicks sang about the ‘velvet underground’ in the Fleetwood Mac song ‘Gypsy’
“Gypsy” is one of Fleetwood Mac’s most popular songs, but it wasn’t intended for the band. Stevie Nicks wrote the track for her 1981 debut solo album, Bella Donna. She didn’t have room for it on the record, so the singer decided to include it on Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 Mirage album (per SongFacts).
Drummer and founding member Mick Fleetwood has said “Gypsy” is one of his favorite Fleetwood Mac songs. “It really crystallizes that whole period of the early 1980s, when we were in our mid-30s and beginning...
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